For some time I've been saying that my work should have a change. That drawing and printing is something that I should be doing. It's not that I'm not painting any more. I just have to remember the great experience of painting murals.

Some where I read that Albert Einstein, a fellow pipe smoker, said:

"If you want different results, do not do the same things"

So what is it tha I have to do different?

I have a beautiful etching press. Small but beautiful. I bought it many years ago, even before I learned etching. At school I did some prints, xilograhies. But they where printed by hand. It was some two years after arriving at San Luis that someone offered me this heavy machine. He needed money and he was asking for not much money. The press was built by one of the best contemporary printers in San Luis, José Faz. It was his first ever made press.

I have used it many times. But some five years ago, after rearrenging the studio, ther press was left unattended. It looked like anothes piece of furniture to keep papers, books and whatever needed a place.

Well, a week ago my wife and I decided to clean the press and give it a good place. Somewhere that could be right to work at. That meant to change also our working tables, the extra furniture, move the books on the press to another place, decide which papers are ok and place them in the right place and throw to the bin many, many things.

The place is small, but we didn't need to add anything else. Just re-arrange. Today I finished the work. Here are some photos.